VIDEO OF THE DAY: Trump dares judge to jail him in stunning move
Not even the threat of *JAIL* is enough to shut Trump up. He continues to violate his gag order on a daily basis. Now it's time for the judge to hold him accountable.
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Trump is running a shakedown on the GOP
Who could possibly have predicted that a serial scammer and career criminal who has rubbed shoulders with the mob for decades would turn his political campaign into a protection racket? Everybody, probably, and that's exactly what Trump has done. "The Trump campaign is asking for down-ballot candidates who use his name, image and likeness in fundraising appeals to give at least 5 percent, Politico reported...The campaign's, uh, 'outreach' took a nice shop you got there, shame if something would happen to it tone. 'Any split that is higher than 5% will be seen favorably by the RNC and President Trump’s campaign and is routinely reported to the highest levels of leadership within both organizations,' read the letter sent to Republican fundraisers this week" — which explicitly goes on to say "OR ELSE" in appropriate legalese. And it's exactly what they deserve, writes Amanda Marcotte in Salon. "Turns out that betting your political career on someone who models himself after a mafioso is not a great long-term plan for security. I'm genuinely surprised the protection fees were set at a modest 5% minimum. It's likely just an opening gambit. If they pay that — and I'm sure many will be fearful enough to do so — watch for the fee to keep Trump from badmouthing them in public to rise."
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Republicans drag America back to 19th century in abortion ban vote
Ultraviolet: Republicans were just caught on video cheering and clapping as they upheld Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban, and it’s clear that they will stop at nothing until abortion is banned in EVERY state. That’s why Ultraviolet is on the front lines fighting to stop a national abortion ban, mobilizing over a MILLION people to protect our reproductive rights. Will you chip in to help them mobilize a million more and show the GOP we will NOT stand for their attacks on our choices and our bodies?
Secretary of State Blinken is sitting on staff recommendations to sanction Israeli military units linked to killings and rapes
ProPublica reports that a special State Department panel recommended *months* ago that Secretary of State Antony Blinken disqualify multiple Israeli military and police units from receiving US aid after reviewing allegations that they committed serious human rights abuses, including reports of extrajudicial killings by the Israeli Border Police; an incident in which a battalion gagged, handcuffed and left an elderly Palestinian American man for dead; and an allegation that interrogators tortured and raped a teenager who had been accused of throwing rocks. These incidents occurred before the Hamas attack on October 7, and the refusal to hold the IDF accountable has had serious consequences. “If we had been applying [sanctions] effectively in Israel like we do in other countries, maybe you wouldn’t have the IDF filming TikToks of their war crimes now because we have contributed to a culture of impunity,” said former State Department official Josh Paul. While the State Department says they've been investigating the numerous war crimes allegedly committed by the IDF in their brutal war against Hamas, no action has been taken against Israel even though many of those crimes were committed using American weapons. Nearly 34,000 Palestinians have been killed by the IDF and 76,770 more injured since October 7, 2023.
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States botched more executions of Black prisoners. Experts think they know why
You guessed it. It's racism. A new study has empirical evidence for the first time that indicates racism extends even to the final step of the death penalty: the execution itself. While the study does not explain how or why states make more mistakes when executing Black prisoners, Maya Foa, the executive director of the group that produced the report, said she thinks that the fact that Black people suffer from higher mortality rates and receive poorer medical treatment in the US should provide clues — all the same prejudices contribute to the botched executions. And there's plenty of evidence that's the case. For example, an execution worker in Nevada suggested that "maybe the nervous system of the Black inmate works different." A spiritual advisor who witnessed executions noted that "he did witness differences in the treatment of Black prisoners while they were strapped to the gurney. "I can definitely tell you that the restraints that I have seen on Black folk have been unquestionably tighter than the restraints that I have seen on white folk," because the racist staff assumed the Black prisoners would resist. Not even in their dying moments can Black Americans escape racism.
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